US Supreme Court refuses to revisit same-sex marriage ruling

The Catholic Herald. The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to revisit its 2015 ruling that legalised same-sex marriage across the country. The court turned away an appeal by Kim Davis, the former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples on religious grounds. The decision, made without comment… Read More US Supreme Court refuses to revisit same-sex marriage ruling

The Perversions of Michel Foucault

Or, where the Left would take us. by Roger Kimball.The New Criterion. On The Passion of Michel Foucault by James Miller. Michel Foucault’s personal perversions involved him in private tragedy. The celebration of his intellectual perversions by academics continues to be a public scandal. The career of this “representative man” of the twentieth century really represents one of… Read More The Perversions of Michel Foucault

Pope Leo XIV accepts LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church. “All Are Welcome.’

“We ben ydiotes, myne swete, ’tis a queynte wondir we may ete oure mete.” — Bob Dylan / SH By Mike Heuer. UPI. Mon, September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM EDT. Sept. 1 (UPI) — Pope Leo XIV confirmed his intent to include LGBTQ parishioners within the Catholic Church ahead of their planned Holy Year pilgrimage… Read More Pope Leo XIV accepts LGBTQ inclusion in Catholic Church. “All Are Welcome.’

How to Respond If Your Child ‘Comes Out’

October 11, 2022  |  Maria Keffler. GospelCoalition.com | “It’s not a matter of if students will announce same-sex attractions and transgender identities, but when,” a Christian private school administrator told me recently. “I’ll be surprised if my own kids don’t wonder whether they’re gay or trans, given how ubiquitous these ideologies are.” We can expect a spate of announcements on… Read More How to Respond If Your Child ‘Comes Out’

A Time of Trouble. Cardinal Robert McElroy.

Dr. Ralph Martin: “How can someone be appointed Archbishop of Washington, DC, after expressing views contrary to the Catholic faith? This is the question being raised by many within the American Catholic Church after Cardinal Robert McElroy’s recent appointment as Archbishop of Washington, DC. Appointments like this are causing many Catholics to wonder what is… Read More A Time of Trouble. Cardinal Robert McElroy.

NPR and the TLM

Mocking retro-politics, retro-sexual morality and “Q-Anon Adjacent” traditional Catholics: “Beneath the veil of the internet’s ‘Trad Caths’”. “… there’s been an uptick in “Trad Cath” content — internet for “traditionalist Catholic” — promoting traditions like the Latin Mass and women wearing veils in church. A lot of these traditions are vibes and aesthetic-based, and easily… Read More NPR and the TLM

Courage and Strength Through the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Traditionally called St. Patrick’s Breastplate. I arise today Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,Through belief in the Threeness,Through confession of the Onenessof the Creator of creation. I arise todayThrough the strength of Christ’s birth with His baptism,Through the strength of His crucifixion with His burial,Through the strength of His resurrection with His ascension,Through… Read More Courage and Strength Through the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Aldous Huxley, Sex, and Corporate Psychological Manipulation

It was Aldous Huxley who, very early, saw sexual decadence combining commercial interests with political manipulation in the emerging media. And he knew what that would mean for a culture. “Aldous Huxley in his 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World depicts a culture in which pleasure is compulsory and engineered to eliminate intellectual challenge and to… Read More Aldous Huxley, Sex, and Corporate Psychological Manipulation

Progressives Scramble to Explain Absence of LGBT in Final Synod Document

Vatican synod ends without clear stances on women deacons, LGBT. AMERICA MAGAZINE : Gerard O’Connell “… There was a section on truth and love where the document talks about controversial issues and how to address them. In that section, the term L.G.B.T. doesn’t specifically appear. What do you see [that] is addressing that issue? Because… Read More Progressives Scramble to Explain Absence of LGBT in Final Synod Document

On Homosexuality

Note: Most of us understand I think that it is important to distinguish homosexual persons (persons with homosexual tendencies ) from the elite ideological movements which, flouting the objective Natural Law, serve as the vehicle of the totalitarian  transformation of morals, language, law, history, culture, institutions and nations in the West.  — SH

The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde. Joseph Pearce.

“Vilified by fellow Victorians for his sexuality and his dandyism, Oscar Wilde, the great poet, satirist and playwright, is hailed today, in some circles, as a “progressive” sexual liberator. But this is not how Wilde saw himself. His actions and pretensions did not bring him happiness and fulfillment. This study of Wilde’s brilliant and tragic… Read More The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde. Joseph Pearce.

Woke Ideology and Targeting the Innocence of Children

Groomer Schools 1: The Long Cultural Marxist History of Sex Education. Many want to get their paws on children without legal consequence. James Lindsay, New Discourses. [Skip Ads]. And Part 2… here — Why Woke Marxists Resent and Attack the Materialist Success and Comforts of the West —- Exploiting January 6 for a major Power… Read More Woke Ideology and Targeting the Innocence of Children

Archbishop Gomez at the Eye of the Storm | & Dr. Ralph Martin

National Catholic Registerhttp://www.ncregister.com BALTIMORE — Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles presides this week over the annual fall assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore — a closely watched gathering that will debate a draft document on Eucharistic coherence, prompting some media outletsto claim an escalating standoff between the U.S. episcopacy and… Read More Archbishop Gomez at the Eye of the Storm | & Dr. Ralph Martin

Biden uses ‘birthing people’ in budget, accused of wanting to ‘cancel mothers’

Progressive Democrats have increasingly substituted the phrase for “mother” or “pregnant woman” By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Monday, June 7, 2021 President Biden’s $6 trillion federal-budget proposal had plenty of surprises, including the use of the trendy “woke” term “birthing people.” Progressive Democrats have increasingly substituted the phrase for “mother” or “pregnant… Read More Biden uses ‘birthing people’ in budget, accused of wanting to ‘cancel mothers’